Grammar parses for passage 9.14.3
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αὐτοῖς γίνεται μάντευμα τοιόνδε· Λεῦκτρά τέ μοι σκιόεντα μέλει καὶ Ἀλήσιον οὖδας, καί μοι τὼ Σκεδάσου μέλετον δυσπενθέε κούρα.
The quotation contains two coordinated μέλει/μέλετον clauses; the second has dialectal or textually difficult dual forms, especially τὼ Σκεδάσου and δυσπενθέε.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | αὐτοῖς | αὐτός | PRON | A-DatPl | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 2 γίνεται | iobj | high | Dative with γίνεται, ‘for them’. |
| 2 | γίνεται | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-Pres- mid-Ind-3Sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 3 | μάντευμα | μάντευμα | NOUN | N-NomSg-Neut | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 2 γίνεται | nsubj | high | Predicate/subject noun with γίνεται. |
| 4 | τοιόνδε | τοιόσδε | ADJ | A-NomSg-Neut | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 3 μάντευμα | amod | high | |
| 5 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 γίνεται | punct | high | |
| 6 | Λεῦκτρά | Λεῦκτρα | PROPN | N-NomPl-Neut | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 μέλει | nsubj | medium | Place name, subject of μέλει. |
| 7 | τέ | τε | CCONJ | _ | _ | 10 μέλει | cc | high | |
| 8 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | P-DatSg | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 10 μέλει | iobj | high | Dative of personal concern. |
| 9 | σκιόεντα | σκιόεις | ADJ | A-NomPl-Neut | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 Λεῦκτρά | amod | medium | Agrees with Λεῦκτρα; poetic epithet. |
| 10 | μέλει | μέλω | VERB | V-Pres-Act-Ind-3Sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 2 γίνεται | ccomp | high | First coordinated clause of the oracle quotation. |
| 11 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 10 μέλει | cc | high | |
| 12 | Ἀλήσιον | Ἀλήσιον | PROPN | N-AccSg-Neut | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 οὖδας | compound | medium | Place-name element in the coordinated object phrase. |
| 13 | οὖδας | οὖδας | NOUN | N-AccSg-Neut | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 μέλει | obj | high | Accusative object with μέλει. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 μέλει | punct | high | |
| 15 | καί | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 19 μέλετον | cc | high | |
| 16 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | P-DatSg | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 19 μέλετον | iobj | high | Dative of personal concern. |
| 17 | τὼ | ὁ | DET | Art-DatDual | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Dual|Number[psor]=Dual | 18 Σκεδάσου | det | low | Form is dialectal/poetic and syntactically difficult; likely article with dual Σκεδάσου. |
| 18 | Σκεδάσου | Σκεδάσος | PROPN | N-GenSg | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 μέλετον | nmod | low | Proper name/place-name; case and relation are uncertain in the transmitted poetic wording. |
| 19 | μέλετον | μέλω | VERB | V-Pres-Act-Ind-3Pl | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 2 γίνεται | conj | medium | Second coordinated clause; dual-looking form may reflect dialectal or textual variation. |
| 20 | δυσπενθέε | δυσπενθής | ADJ | A-NomDual-Neut | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Dual | 21 κούρα | amod | low | Poetic inflection; agreement and exact morphology are uncertain. |
| 21 | κούρα | κούρη | NOUN | N-NomDual-Fem | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Dual | 19 μέλετον | nsubj | medium | Dual ‘girls/daughters’, subject of μέλετον. |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 γίνεται | punct | high |
ἔνθα μάχη πολύδακρυς ἐπέρχεται· οὐδέ τις αὐτήν φράσσεται ἀνθρώπων, πρὶν κούριον ἀγλαὸν ἥβην Δωριέες ὀλέσωσʼ, ὅταν αἴσιμον ἦμαρ ἐπέλθῃ.
The sentence has an initial independent clause followed by a coordinated negative clause; πρίν introduces the temporal condition/event, with an embedded ὅταν clause specifying when the fated day arrives. The form ὀλέσωσʼ is poetically elided and morphologically uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔνθα | ἔνθα | ADV | D-- | PronType=Rel | 4 ἐπέρχεται | advmod | high | Relative adverb introducing the clause and locating the battle. |
| 2 | μάχη | μάχη | NOUN | N-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἐπέρχεται | nsubj | high | |
| 3 | πολύδακρυς | πολύδακρυς | ADJ | A-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 2 μάχη | amod | high | |
| 4 | ἐπέρχεται | ἐπέρχομαι | VERB | V-3SPI-M-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 5 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἐπέρχεται | punct | high | |
| 6 | οὐδέ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | C-- | _ | 9 φράσσεται | cc | high | Adversative/continuative conjunction. |
| 7 | τις | τις | PRON | P-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 9 φράσσεται | nsubj | high | |
| 8 | αὐτήν | αὐτός | PRON | P-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 9 φράσσεται | obj | high | Refers to μάχη. |
| 9 | φράσσεται | φράσσω | VERB | V-3SPI-M-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 4 ἐπέρχεται | conj | high | Middle voice: understands/recognizes or comprehends it. |
| 10 | ἀνθρώπων | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 τις | nmod | high | Partitive genitive with τις. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 φράσσεται | punct | high | |
| 12 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | C-- | _ | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | mark | high | Temporal conjunction introducing the event prior to which the battle is not understood. |
| 13 | κούριον | κούριος | ADJ | A-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 ἥβην | amod | medium | Poetic/epic adjective agreeing with ἥβην; exact lexical nuance is uncertain. |
| 14 | ἀγλαὸν | ἀγλαός | ADJ | A-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 ἥβην | amod | high | |
| 15 | ἥβην | ἥβη | NOUN | N-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | obj | high | Object of ὀλέσωσʼ. |
| 16 | Δωριέες | Δωριεύς | PROPN | N-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | nsubj | high | Dorians as the subject. |
| 17 | ὀλέσωσʼ | ὀλλύω | VERB | V-3PAI-Μ-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 9 φράσσεται | advcl | medium | Apocopated/elided form, apparently ὀλέσωσιν or a related poetic form; morphology is uncertain. Treated as the finite verb of the πρίν clause. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | punct | high | |
| 19 | ὅταν | ὅταν | SCONJ | C-- | _ | 22 ἐπέλθῃ | mark | high | Temporal conjunction governing a subjunctive clause. |
| 20 | αἴσιμον | αἴσιμος | ADJ | A-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 21 ἦμαρ | amod | high | |
| 21 | ἦμαρ | ἦμαρ | NOUN | N-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 22 ἐπέλθῃ | nsubj | high | |
| 22 | ἐπέλθῃ | ἐπέρχομαι | VERB | V-3SAAS-M-- | Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | advcl | high | Temporal ὅταν clause embedded within the preceding temporal construction. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἐπέρχεται | punct | high |
τουτάκι δʼ ἔστι Κερησσὸς ἁλώσιμος, ἄλλοτε δʼ οὐχί.
The second clause is elliptical: ἄλλοτε δʼ οὐχί contrasts with the first predicate, with ἔστι/ἁλώσιμος understood; οὐχί is analyzed as the negative conjunct predicate.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τουτάκι | τουτάκι | ADV | Adverb | _ | 3 ἔστι | advmod | high | Adverbial form meaning 'at this point/now'. |
| 2 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 ἔστι | cc | high | Postpositive adversative connective. |
| 3 | ἔστι | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copular/existential verb. |
| 4 | Κερησσὸς | Κερησσός | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 ἔστι | nsubj | medium | Place name, nominative subject; gender inferred from form and syntax. |
| 5 | ἁλώσιμος | ἁλώσιμος | ADJ | A-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 ἔστι | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with εἰμί, 'capturable'. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἔστι | punct | high | |
| 7 | ἄλλοτε | ἄλλοτε | ADV | Adverb | _ | 9 οὐχί | advmod | high | Temporal adverb, 'at another time'. |
| 8 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 9 οὐχί | cc | high | Postpositive connective introducing the contrasting elliptical clause. |
| 9 | οὐχί | οὐχί | PART | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 ἔστι | conj | medium | Negative predicate in an elliptical second clause: 'but at another time, not [so/capturable]'. |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἔστι | punct | high |